EU Fraud Office, Europol Announce New Effort to Address Sanctions Evasion
The European Anti-Fraud Office and Europol, the EU's law enforcement agency, announced a new initiative this month to tackle Russia- and Belarus-related sanctions evasion, especially illegal exports of vehicles. The joint effort, called Project Transporter, aims to better support EU member states investigating potential sanctions breaches while bringing together expert investigators from the law enforcement community -- especially customs, police and financial crimes investigators -- to probe vehicle exports to Russia and Belarus.
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OLAF and Europol said they held a meeting earlier this month, which marked a "significant step toward examining new trends and strengthening coordinated action." They shared information about "successful investigative approaches," common challenges, best practices and "emerging threats, obstacles, and possible solutions."
"This deepened cooperation underscores the added value of the OLAF-Europol partnership," they said. "By combining their expertise and capabilities, both organisations aim to strengthen coordinated support to Member States and reinforce the EU’s collective response to sanctions circumvention."